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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-03-25

J. c. Kimball, a leading business man
Of Atlanta, GA, has written letter por
I'trayng the business benefits IF Prohib-
ton in that city. Mr.. kimball did not
vote for Prohibition, but as a leading
property owner of the city he retutes the
statements widely Published that business
has been depl essed by Prohibition, and
that many business men have moved from
the city. He says that not one Of tie
buildings formerly used as liquor store
is vacant, and that only one former bar
room is unoccupied in the business por-
tion of the city, and only fourteen in all,
most of which are cheap temporary strnct-
ures. He adds that for every really ten
antable building in the city now vacant
two new ones have been erected since Pro-
hibition." y special feature presented by
| Mr.. kimbal is the fact that of the
new houses recently begun wany are be-
ing built for mechanics and laboring men,
/ and that colored men are now buying lots
and preparing to build their own homes
! He adds that population has increased
! since Prohibition instead of diminished,
as has been charged, and that Prohibition
does prohibit in Atlanta, as 'the law Is
enforced with as much success as any law
upon our statute books.
According to the last report OF the New
Jersey State Board of Assessors the total
length Of main line of railroads in this
| State at the close of 1885 was / ,932, 633
miles. The total capital STOCK is reported
at $l14. 500, 259, and the bonded debt at
s133, 2G1, 74., king the total cost of the
,932, 663 miles Of railroad in the State
s24S, 1873, 006 as represented by its obliga-
tons in stock and bonded debt-equal to
Sl2s $50 per mile of main line. The true
value" Of all the railroads and canals in
the State for the year 1855, including the
franchise, as ascertained by the State Board
Of Assessors for purposes of taxation,
was sos, $50 343 IS. Assessments have
been made for 1886 against 9l7 corpora
tions, the aggregate tax upon the whole
amounting to S?44, 035, 81, showing an in
crease for the year of 100 tax able compam-
les, and an increase Of SsG20. 10 IN the tax
assessed against them.
Hugh Boyd, editor of the New Bruins
wick Heme Ne0s, VA, served with papers
Oh Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Norris in a
civil suit for damages at the instance OF
Fred Way and John White. mailing and
distributing clerks respectively in the pot
office The plaintiffs sllege shat they have
been damaged to the extent OF 5000 by
the publication ola joke, seriously worled,
which reflected upon their honesty. The
joke included the assertion that the clerks
were selling thirteen tMo-eent stamps for i
cent and 4 quarter, or one cent and a
quarter Of 4 dollar, viz, twenty six cents.
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Attempi 20 burn n church.

Holly, Mich, March. 22.-The Metho-
dist Episcopal church was crowded to its
utmost Sunday night to hear W. \. Taylor.
of Lansing. speak on prohibition. few
minutes after the speech began, Arthur
ITillman. who was passing, saw light un-
der the church. and found it tn be caused
by ball of blazing rags which had been
saturated with kerosene. An alarm WAS
given and the audience were Immediately
wild with excitement. Despite the effort
made 10 quiet the ladies and children,
many OF them Jumped from the seats and
RI shed for the doors \ few ladies faint
ed. The ball of rags had been lighted
and thrown into a small hole in the church,
and boards placed against the wall to hide
the blaze The church is the largest in
town and is built of wood. and the auditor
ilm is ON the second floor. The village
will offer reward for the perpetrator of
the act. The attempt to fire the church
will be the means of carrying the town at
the coming election for prohibition. Had
the fire not been discovered for fifteen
minutes there might have been great loss
of life.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-03-25

Lookingglasses in all tie
leading sizes, from Iocts. 10
s5.75. All kinds housekeepli G
tin ware.
Window shades. window
curtains, holland by the yard,
or fixtures by the set, or IN
pieces.
Bed tickings from 10 cts. to
3 cts. We have the regular
hcrringbone twill, which will
not only hold feathers, but
needles and pins also.
Feathers. ready steamed and
thoroughly cleaned, furnished
on application. in lots from 5lbs.
upwards, at 90 cts. for prime,
s. for selected and 1ocls. for
the choicest. Leave an order II
you want any.
Don't forget to see our car
pets.
Give our 45 cent New Orleans
molasscs a trial, its 4 good
baker.
Those who'vc tried our flour
say it's all right. Try sample
sack. Goods delivered prompt
ly; leave or send an order by
driver, or direct to the store.
Trunks, valises and carpet
bags, at the New Store, under
the Opera House.
+. b. HuMrIiREyS < Co.
Woodstown, \.
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washington Better.
ttrom our regular correspondent
AsHINGToN, Mar. 81, 1887.


WAsHINGToN, Mar 81, 1887.
The senators and Representatives, who
call upon the President to counsel and adj
wise and inquire and recommend concern
ing the high appointments pending. seem
to know just As little about what Will hap
pen after they leave him as they did before
they saw him. The President listens to all
their recommendations and promises to
consider them, but Speaker Carlisle seems
TO be the only one who has been given even
a hint as to his preferences or selections
The President was anxious to have had Mr.
Carlisle accept the Secretaryship of the
Treasury, but his excuse for declining was
that he consulted his own best interest by
remaining in his present field OF action
Mr.. Carlisle is Il poor man also, and it is
understood among his friends that he
thought Cabinet position would entail
social obligations which would be more eX-
pensive than he could afford. Not that he
mentioned this as Il reason for declining,
but it is understood that il contributed to
his decision.
Ii was expected that the Inter State
Commerce Commission wonld have been
completed ere this, but it may be several
days yet before the names Of the Com
mssioners are known. 1t is OF course,
very desirable to have men whose jndg-
ment can be relied on AT all times. 1t is
very difficult to find such men, and when
found they are not such as are likely 10
want to undertake the service Fer men
who are not tempted by the salaries alone,
the positions are not as desirable is may
at first thought appear. There is heavy
responsibility attached to them and almost
a certainty that no man can so act as to
avoid criticism from some quarter. There
is likely to be complaint too if the Alp
pointments are not distributed with regard
to the sectional divisions of the country
The West viii claim the right to good rep
restntation, and North, South and East
are equally interested. 1t is said, how
ever that the slate is now nearly made up,
that only one of the five places on the
Commission remains to be filled, and that
the President intends to give his entire at
tention to the matter until il is settled.
Some time ago it occurred to the Chief
in the Consular Bureau of The State De-
partment, Dir. st. Clair, that an album
containing photographs Of all the gentle
men in the United States foreign service
would be All interesting thing and IA source
of qualification at headquarters. He began
to call for photographs, but at first the de-
mand was not responded to with amy de-
gree OF alaerity. Each particular consul
seemed to think there was nothing in store
for his picture, il ,lic sent it, but final de-
struetion or obscurity. Later, tie idea got
abroad that the President would SIC the
photographs and admire the men he had Sc
lected to represent this country abroad,
and that they would be viewed by thons.
J anjz Of the best people OF the country.
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IN IT'S PLACE.
where Rum. place Is. where IL Is ot

where RUNS Place Is. Where Ii Is n OF
1t is frequently said of rum that sit is
good in its place" Very true; but what
| is its place? Its place is not in the stomach
for there it is a poison. 1t inflames the
| system, impedes digestion, fuddles the
brain, and does harm to the entire body.
Its place is not in the family, upon side
board or table. Its place is in the gutter.
There it will do no harm, for even the pigs
will not drink it. Alcohol has place in
| the arts. 1t may have some place in med
icine, The most deadly poisons are used
in medicines, as opium, arsenic, ETC.. and
/ alcohol may be allowed to go in the same
category. But it shoald be used as other
medicines, for limited time, prescribed
by competent physician and used in its
pure form. Under srch restrictions no one
can object to its having place in materia
medica. AS beverage it has no true
place. Some tell us that it is Il creation of
God and therefore good. Snakes, mos
quitoes, bcd-bugs, wolves and tigers come
under the same head, but shall we take
them to our homes and hearth? But strong
drink is not a creation of God. 1t is an in
We ,tion of man. God makes the apple,
the grape and the grain. Man makes the
beer. the whiskey and the gin. Who shall
dare charge upon God the manufacture of
these streams of liquid death? II strong
drink is good in its place he labors under a
fatal mistake who deems that place the
veins, arteries and brain of bis own body.
Despite the use that alcohol has served in
the arts and in medicine, the human race
would have been vastly better of, had it
never been invented. Where it has saved
one life it has ruined a thousand. 1t does
not stay in its place. 1t nyades eur homes,
deiiles sons and daughters, turns the
blooming garden of love into fearful
desert Of hate, and transforms man made
in the image Of God. into something lower
than the brute
Prohibition alone will regulate it to its
proper place. Then will peace and plenty
prevail Hpon every SIDE and the grandest
step be taken in human progress since the
world began.-Reo. Jesse S. Gilbert 4. d..
IN Tie Y IIh amendment.
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. y.ie. r,omrne Poornouse.

License tor ssilin. OF ram.
These fanatics tell rs with horror
OF the mischief liquor has done:
fsay, ~ Il man and Physician.
the y STEMS requirements are such.
That unless We, at times, assist nature
Ill body and mind suffer much.
lis !, blessing when worn oui and weary.
\ lnod'rate drink. now aud then.
From the minis cr by HE pulpit
Game an audible murmnr. "-imeh'
Ills true that many have fallen,
Become hlthy drumkards, and, worse,
Harmed others. No, don't uphold trn:
They made their blessing a curse.
Must be denied for their SHINING
Must the weak ones govern the race
Why cv'ry good thing tod has given
l. only II curse out OF place,
lis only excess that destroys u>:
\ little Is good, now and them
From The white haired, pious old deacon
Came "A fcryent. loud spoken, ''-imeH,
\ murinur came mp from the people,
From the lips of the listning throng;
They came ftom their homes with n purpose
TO crush out and trample out wrong.
But their time -honored, worthy physician
crown portly in person ana purse,
Had shown in the demon of darkness
\ blessing instead Ola curse.
,,d NOW they wcr, carer. i,nnatient.
To vote when the moment should come.
They fc.t il their right and their duty
To license the selling of rum.
.rh.r ~, from, ;, scat in the corner
r.,u, -. midst of thu. ,nu,murinn tbrong.
From, among the nconlc there gathered
'rn ri.1 III m and TrDmnlp ont wrong.
.pa.a- e. .v.o,,ou her Thin hands unified
viii. ont from her fro.t-coyercd hair
face of .uch utter despair
rbn vast fhronr Grew hushed in 81 moment,
crav .iIent with terror and dread:
They gazed on the face OF the woman
~ we %''ze on 'hc i'e' VI IN
Thcn the bush and the silence wa, broken:
voice So shriII and 80 clear
p.ue, ont tbrounh he rooni;s Il ook unon me,
yon wondcr.what chance brought me here:
yor know me and now YOU shall hear me
Is,oot, n ,.ou lovers of wine.
For once was young fich' an" h''llH'
Home hnHh'ho' anu cii'i"iei WIZ ''''''''
..,sbar,. az. tbcys Task ,,ou where arr, theva
AZ, ha,otir,l home went to nay
IN. deacon who sold them the poison
That ,,,.,ooed Them down lower c.lcl, day
nI.,d I hasonobt Ienfreatcd:
t-,o,,.od ,r,.,n ,bo nath they were. in:
Hut the deacon sao-thea "eii''N ''' i'''''
That only excess was !" >ih'
.,bo,. .,t,. tbe,=a InSk go, where are they =?
L.,ls,. t.,.,obe,. al Gods holy word,
NJ, 1,,,.i.,,,,i- -,,,,. hind Iovin,r husband
wh,,,,,,,. ,car. AND nravcr. might have
ti,rcd
u.,,.,o,,,to,.d ,.,,,r t,.,cbiuos turned from
,,'.,.,.,..,;,,., ..,,i ,,,.,.,.li,,,, with him
Wa ''"'''S '''5
Anu Jug
And where are my boys tod forgive you:
They needed your counsels-not mine:
Won ,loctor batoyed and r-.uccicd
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The license law OF New Jersey, and copy
lug after that the license system of most
municipalities in the state which control
the question, is framed ostensibly IN the
Interest of travellers and strangers desiring
h temporary stopping place while absent
from their own homes. and for the conyc-
nience of men meeting together to transact
business, and it is expressly enjoined npon
the courts ito license DO more inns and
tayerns in their respective counties than
shall be necessary TO accommodate and ell
tertain travellers and strangers, to serve
the public occasions Of said counties and
for the convenience Of men meeting to-
aether to transact business, and to prevent
IS much Az possible inns and tarems to be
Kept for the encouragement Of gaming.
tipplIng, drunkenness, and other vices.
This is tine theory of the license law. In
practice the object of tile law seems
ia be to bolster up and protect the
rum business. 4 man may not keep a
fublIe house to entertain travellers and
strangers and serve the public occasions
Of his community without the rum part nj
tile business unless he comply with bur
den Of legal iormalities and have the con
sent of the courts. As between an appli,
cant for license to keep a temperance
house and rum tavern, the latter will al
most invariably obtain the preference
The courts will never give the option to
tue applicant for years license to take a
license for Temperance house Instead. 1t
is always assumed that the business of en-
PERTAINING travellers cannot be carried on
without liquor. Talk of taking away
license, straightway the cry is heard
what will the travellers do, and it seems
always to be conceded that the travellers
will fget no accommodations unless they
get them on the new basis. and this cry
has inflicted upon many community the
horrors of drunkenness and misery which
rum tavern brings with il. 1t used to
b. a stock argument with the rumsellers
that they could not run the hotel business
without the profits from the bar but this
talk won't work nowadays. There are too
many proofs to the contrary in towns where
rum licenses have been taken away. The
tendency is 30 separate these two branches
of business, the lodging and entertain
nient Of travellers and the selling of rum.
lot ouly to travellers, but I" the neighbor-
hood drunkards long as they are able to
Waud at Tue bar aud do not become obstre-
r-orous. 1t makes no difference 10 the
aserage rumseiler how poisy the uian 10
whom be sells rum becomes when he gets
,.,me to his family. 1t will be a hard
fight 20 inaugurate the era Of no-rum
hotels. They are strongly entrcncbed in
the license laws and the political parties.
but many favorable signs are Witnessed.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-03-25

Teaspoons, tablespoons, bast-
ing spoons, all kinds of house
keeping goods and tin ware at
our usual low prices.
Don't fail to see our carpets.
Nice step carpet as low as 5 cts.
Our stock of erockery and
chinaware surprises all who see
it and the prices are away down.
Elegant full-bleached Table
Damask, 90 inches wide, at so
to 65cts. German Linen Nap
kins, no dressing, SI.Io to So.co
per dozen
Ladies Boucle Jerseys. stylish,
neat and jaunty, colors blue, tan
and cardinal, $I.25. Formerly
sold at scots more.
Universal and Novelty clothes
wringers, both with co9s, and
one as good as the other So.o5,
We don't know OF any other
dealer anywhere on earth, eth
CT in town or country who sells
them at this price. y gallon of
Best Headlight Oil given as a
present with each vrin9er.
We placed an order on Mon
day with the Goodell Cutlery
Company, of Antrim, New
Hampshire, for a good variety
of table cutlery. Buying direct
of the makers saves rs and you
one profit. Price them else
where if You choose, but see
ours before you buy. We sell
them in most cases for less than
many dealers pay for them
Our shoe trade at the New
Store, under the Opera House,
is gradually growing, and it will
grow and continue TO grow as
the people become acquainted
with our goods and prices.
We give you good returns for
your money.
Remnants of 90 and 75ct,
Cashmere at 45cts. per yard,
running in lengths of ~ to ;
yards. Cheap enough at IS cts,
but cheaper yet at IS.
Don't forget that we keep
knives and forks-no one in
town or country can or will give
you as good returns in these
goods as we. Close buying
and close selling is our motto.
s8oopieces ofnew styles of wall
papers, direct from New York.
Good brown blanks at s to 10
cts; best white at 10 and 10;
CULTS at so to 35cts.-come and
look.
Floor oil cloths, from l yard
to u yards wide, at = to so
cts. per square yard.
We sell a royal good shifting
Cheviot, at Sets, better at 10
cts. and cap the climax at 10
| cts.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-03-25

The police of Philadelphia on Sunday
night last made raid on six alleged dis
orderly and gambling places kept by
Cinnamon, on Ninth and Race streets, and
captured two hundred and seventy four
Cinnamon. \ lot of opium pipes and
gambling implements were also secured.
The grand officers of the Grand Lodge of
New Jersey +. II \. NJ, are holding
lodges of instructions throughout the State
for the purpose Of improving the work.
The City Council of Bordentown has
granted licenses 10 all the drinking places
but one, the proprietor of which had yiolat-
ed the law, advancing the fee so.
The New Jersey Court of Pardons on
Tuesday committed the death sentence Of
Janitor lanes J. Titus 10 imprisonment for
life
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Since then they have been pouring in by the
score from all parts of the earth, and the
collection is about complete.
The American Minister to Denmark,
Prof. Anderson, has Indignantly denied the
rumors which have been circulated i'll re-
gard to his habits and mode of living i'll
Copenhagen, as a base SANDER. In PROOF
that he is mol living there in squalor he
floor and part Of the second floor, in all ten
rooms. and he did not see why he was
charged with a two room. fourth story
habitation As to The newspaper state
ment that he kept an old peasant woman
to cook his food and mend his clothes he
said, 81 dine out, and the lady who keeps
house for me is the wido~ of professor
who was the teacher of King George OF
Greece But lie added that it would be
difficult to inform the sixty millions OF
people in America of those facts and he
supposed he would have to be patient.
The opinion gains ground among the
members Of Congress still in the city that
an extra session will be called in October.
They do not think there is any need for
Congress To meet before that time, but
that there are many reasons Why it should
meet then. The House should organize
and be prepared for work soon enough to
dispose of certain important business
before political discussions begin to take
up its time. The political work which the
next Congress will discuss will be a for
midablc barrier to legislation.
WESTON.
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Chicago alone paid out last year over
Saionn counters for strong drink Nirtg-
dee maiioR If doltars. The whole United
safe, gave for Missions. home and for
sisn only sih mlIltons " dyilurg.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-03-25

A newspaper oftentimes exercises great
influence in forming and directing public
sentiment but as general rule 1t must, u
it desires to lead, get ON the right side OF
popular questions. Sometimes news
paper will gei across the track of pubic
sentiment and attempt to divert the cur
rent in a cottrariWise direction and in SO
doing the newspaper is very apt t" get
knnckcl endM iSe.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-03-25

A New Brunswick editor thought it was
cousumedly smart to state in his paper
that two OF the clerks in the p. o., at that
city, had been selling postage stamps at
the rate Of IL for cent and quarter, but
when the young men, who had been put to
serious annoyance and suspicion by the
item, called on him for an explanation
and he had to show them that it was a
Joke, and that by ''cent and quarter he
meant cent aud quarter of dollar,
making 26 cents (d'ye see p it didn't seem
so funny after ALL and ii took quite seri-
Gus turn when the proprietor of the paper
WAS served with summons in two libel
suits for 5000, damages Instituted by the
victims of the sell. 4 joke is a joke. but
one of those jokes that have to have man
sent along with it to tell what it means, is
not SO much of joke as a joke ought to
he
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THE COOP rEMrLARs' r1ArroRN.

It EM
Adopted by the Right Worthy Grand Lodge
in 1889:
i. Total abstinence from all intoxicating
liquors as beverage.
2. No License in any form or under any CIR,
cumstances for the sale OF liquors to be used
as Il beverage.
g. The ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION of the manuttc-
ture importation and sale of intoxicating
LIQUORS for such purposes-prohibition by the
will OF the people, expressed in due form OF
law with the penalties deserved for crime oi
such enormity.
L. The creation of a healthy public opinion
upon the subject, by the active dissemination
of truth in all the modes known to an enllSht'
ened philanthropy.
3. The election 1good, honest men 10 AT
minister the law.
6. Persistence in efforts to save individual
and communities from so direfu n seourge
against any forms of opposition and difhenltN
until our success is complete and universal.
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LANCASTER. March u Alexander Leibs-
ley, Il plasterer. buried a pocket knife to the
hilt in the neck Of George W. Poutz, a
painter in new house on West Chestnut
Street This afternoon. Pontz is, perhaps.
fatally hurt. The men with a half-dozen
other mechanics. had been celebrating,
With Il key of beer accompaniment, visit
to the city after long absence of a brother
of one of the boss plasterers named Hoffman.
Leibsley. it is said, was unruly, and Pontz
endeasored 10 paeity him, when he was
stabbed without warning Poutz is in
precarious condition.
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The world does move Tor certain. Fro
bibItion in Salem, Who would have ven
tured to hint it ten years ago. Shall we
have it in Woodstown later on? Yes, II
the ''crsnks" will keep on turning the
world around Well done so FAR,
''cranks."